Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-05-26

that were not drilled were scattered all
over the CITY. looking at the various objects
of interest here. The drill of the Governors
Guard. of Raleigh, this morning was attend
ed by quite crowd, and was considered al
most nerfect. The Virginians were the
only troops that took part in the regmental
drill Yesterday. The Alexandria Light Infant
~ will be drilled at 1880 o'clock to morrow
morning, and the st. Johns Cadets at 2:4O
r. m. on Saturday. Governor Lee and staff
left this morning for Richmond. The action
of the two Southern companies in leaving
the line of parade yesterday when they
found colored company Immediately IN
front of them, is general commented upon
here day. Many think they were wrong,
but Just as many, if not more, that they
were right.
The troops that have been sent to Wyo-
ming to expel squatters, and to tear down
the fences around government lands, are
colored This fact, it is said by people here
from that section of country, will make the
administration more unpopular than II mas
been.
Intelligent stock men from the West and
Northwest, here to-day, say the existing
cattle pool in those sections is not for the
purpose of making a corner, but to save the
cattle men from expected loss, es there was
no ground for the cattle boom during which
they made their purchases.
Assistant Secretary Maynard has inform
ed the Collector of Customs at New 1ork
that fresh fish when imported Tor Immediate
consumption are exempt from duty, no
matter by whom caught or by whom i'm
ported but that if they are not imported
for immediate consumption they are subject
to duty.
In the Circuit Court of the District of Co
lumbia to-day the suit McVeigh vs.. Under
wood, for $1,000 on an appeal bond was, on
motion of Mr. J. A. Smith, for defendant
continued until the October term. MIR. Lin.
den Kent appeared as council for plaintiff
A petition was received to day by the in
tcrstate commerce commission from the East
Tennessee Farmers Association stating thai
the agricultural interests OF East Tennessee
are persistently Disseminated against by the
railroad companies, and praying for a TALL
trial of the interstate law for period o
time sufficient to determine whether or mo-
it's continued enforcement will prove bench
cial or detrimental to the business interests
at large.
Among the strangers in the city to-day Ii
Representative Wheeler, Of Alabama, The
famous Oeneral joe w Heelet U! Conieuei"''
cavalry fame, the youngest Major Genera
in the Confederate service. The Genera
says he is very sorry the negro question vas
ever lugged into the drill now in progress:
here, but that it seems almost impossi Die
| now for any thing to be done without thai
question becoming attached to it in one way
or another. The General also says the i'm
preston among his people ia that the sue
cess of the democracy at the election of1SS4
secured the citizens of the South all the
privileges enjoyed by their fellow citizens o
the North, and that Mr.. Cleveland will bt
renominated because they think he can car
~ New York.
The failure of General Rosecrsns to attend DR.
McGlynns lecture here the other night, afte
promising to attend it, is looked upon in the ligh
of funk by all who think his actions worthy o
considerations